The packaging remains the standard for Series 5 figures. I’m actually surprised that they used the name Silurian on the package, since it was only used once or twice in the episodes. It seemed like Moffat wanted to make a connection for older fans, but not play it up all that much. The back panel shows off a lot of the same figures we just got in the last wave. The only completely new ones here are the two Silurians and the Underhenge Cyberman. Inexplicably, instead of giving us the remolded Cybermen included with the UK Argos Exclusive TARDIS playset, we just get a regular Cyberman with the same stone treatment that was given to the Dalek and Roman Auton in the Underhenge set. No thank you, CO, I’ll pass.

Warrior Alaya is the unfortunate Sillurian who got captured by the humans and was basically tortured to death with a taser gun by an angry mother. Yeah, the new Who can be pretty hardcore. This figure features a really nice sculpt that captures the character really well, particularly the detail in the head’s scales. Alaya’s tunic has sculpted plates, complete with paint apps showing off the intricacies of her stitched armor. Most of the outfit is grey with a nice wash to give it some depth. It’s possible the flesh tone could have been a lighter green, but now I’m really looking for things to nitpick.

Alaya comes with a nice little passel of accessories. She has her battle mask, which is sculpted in soft rubber and basically fits right over her face. I was worried it wasn’t going to stay in place, but it turns out that it holds on very well. It’s a nice little sculpt, painted in gloss silver and looks fantastic on the figure. Next up is her weapon, which is designed to be held in both hands. Like the mask, it’s got a glossy silver finish and a nice little sculpt. Alaya also comes wiht a flexible plastic chain that clips around her wrist. I appreciate the effort, but there’s not much you can do with this piece.

Moving on to General Restac. There’s obviously some reuse of parts between these two figures, which is probably why CO decided to go with two female Silurians. Still, when you get down to it, there are enough differences to make them each unique. Restac’s jacket is a resculpt of Alaya’s tunic, and it looks really nice. The head sculpt features the same intricately detailed scales, and some additional paint apps to give her skin more color. The legs are pretty much identical between the two figures, but the arms have a few differences. Restac is wearing gloves and she has coils around her wrists, whereas Alaya does not. Restac comes with the same gun as Alaya, but no other accessories.

Both figures feature the same level of articulation. Their heads turn; The arms have rotating sholders, swivels in the biceps and wrists and hinged elbows; The legs rotate and have lateral movement in the hips, hinged knees and swivels in the lower legs. Their tunics are each slit up the sides, so they don’t inhibit the leg articulation all that much.

I think these figures were worth waiting for, and now that I have these and CO has revealed an entire wave of Paradigm Daleks, I’m pretty much at closure for Series 5 toys. I still think it’s a shame that we got more than twice as many figures out of The Beast Below than we did the two-parter Silurian story, but such is life. I’ve also come to terms with the fact that Liz Ten isn’t going to happen, and since River and Rory should be prominantly featured in Series 6, I’ll just go on believeing that we’ll get them in one form or another next year. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, 2010 was an incredible year for Classics figures, but I think CO could have handled the Series 5 figures much better than they did.